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There could be a short story about what OpenMoko/the Neo1973 does different:

e.g.:

After leaving work your Neo's GPS automatically switches your Alarm Profile from
Silent to Loud and guides you to the next gas station. At home, your Neo automatically
deploys its WiFi functionality, retrieves your email (free of charge) and activates
voice over ip capabilities (free of charge).

And so on...

e.g.:

Neo: Hi, I'm an Neo.
iPhone: And I'm an iPhone.
* iPhone looks on a big map and tries to orientate himself
Neo: What are you doing?
iPhone: I try to locate myself by using Google Maps.
Neo: Oh, that doesn't seem to be very exciting. I use GPS for that kind of stuff.
Works automatically.
iPhone: GPS, yeah?
Neo: Yes. Oh, wait, I'm entering the cinema. I think, it's better for me, to
switch to stand-by now. See you after the movie.
iPhone: Oh, bye.
* Neo leaves, iPhone looks on the map again.
iPhone: Oh, here we are! Finally...

Scene: Completely blank white background.
Two people enter the frame.
Moko: Hi, I'm an OpenMoko
iPhone: And I'm an iPhone
* OpenMoko looks like he's enjoying himself
iPhone: What are you doing?
Moko: Oh, I just downloaded this great new game I came across. Want to try it?
iPhone: I, er, I can't play new games. I've got this great game of solitaire, though!
Moko: That's a shame. Nothing at all?
iPhone: Well, I can play games off the web. Some of them. Want a game of bejeweled?
Moko: ...thanks, no. I'm fine.

Thoughts, Notions

If we advertise a phone by claiming it can do everything maybe no one will buy it.

Question: Who is supposed to buy this phone?

Average Phone User probably only wants a phone to make calls. Why would he buy an opensource linux phone with additional command line? We need reasons for him to buy a phone running OpenMoko:

Easy to use (not implemented though ;-)

Rich and powerfull text input methods

MS Outlook/whatever Sync

(please add)

Advanced Phone User: won't be hard to persuade him. As we likely are all advanced phone users it will be easy to find reasons/features for him to buy this phone:

GPS-based profiles

Seamless GPS-based GSM/WiFi/VoIP-switching

(please add)

Technophobe Phone User really needs some reasons for this phone:

Really easy to use (really not implemented ;-)

(please add)

Further Ideas

Something that came to me passing some mobile service provider's outlet today. This should be done when GTA_02 is available and software running.

A guy walks into a mobile service provider's outlet or approached by the outlet's staff. The guy asks the clerk about their phones and ends up showing him his Neo. He explains him the Neo's features that stand unrivaled to any of the mobile service provider's offered phones and eventually leaves him completly flabbergasted and pondering about the meaning of life and mobile connectivity/whatever

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There could be a short story about what OpenMoko/the Neo1973 does different:

e.g.:

After leaving work your Neo's GPS automatically switches your Alarm Profile from
Silent to Loud and guides you to the next gas station. At home, your Neo automatically
deploys its WiFi functionality, retrieves your email (free of charge) and activates
voice over ip capabilities (free of charge).

And so on...

e.g.:

Neo: Hi, I'm an Neo.
iPhone: And I'm an iPhone.
* iPhone looks on a big map and tries to orientate himself
Neo: What are you doing?
iPhone: I try to locate myself by using Google Maps.
Neo: Oh, that doesn't seem to be very exciting. I use GPS for that kind of stuff.
Works automatically.
iPhone: GPS, yeah?
Neo: Yes. Oh, wait, I'm entering the cinema. I think, it's better for me, to
switch to stand-by now. See you after the movie.
iPhone: Oh, bye.
* Neo leaves, iPhone looks on the map again.
iPhone: Oh, here we are! Finally...

Scene: Completely blank white background.
Two people enter the frame.
Moko: Hi, I'm an OpenMoko
iPhone: And I'm an iPhone
* OpenMoko looks like he's enjoying himself
iPhone: What are you doing?
Moko: Oh, I just downloaded this great new game I came across. Want to try it?
iPhone: I, er, I can't play new games. I've got this great game of solitaire, though!
Moko: That's a shame. Nothing at all?
iPhone: Well, I can play games off the web. Some of them. Want a game of bejeweled?
Moko: ...thanks, no. I'm fine.

Thoughts, Notions

If we advertise a phone by claiming it can do everything maybe no one will buy it.

Question: Who is supposed to buy this phone?

Average Phone User probably only wants a phone to make calls. Why would he buy an opensource linux phone with additional command line? We need reasons for him to buy a phone running OpenMoko:

Easy to use (not implemented though ;-)

Rich and powerfull text input methods

MS Outlook/whatever Sync

(please add)

Advanced Phone User: won't be hard to persuade him. As we likely are all advanced phone users it will be easy to find reasons/features for him to buy this phone:

GPS-based profiles

Seamless GPS-based GSM/WiFi/VoIP-switching

(please add)

Technophobe Phone User really needs some reasons for this phone:

Really easy to use (really not implemented ;-)

(please add)

Further Ideas

Something that came to me passing some mobile service provider's outlet today. This should be done when GTA_02 is available and software running.

A guy walks into a mobile service provider's outlet or approached by the outlet's staff. The guy asks the clerk about their phones and ends up showing him his Neo. He explains him the Neo's features that stand unrivaled to any of the mobile service provider's offered phones and eventually leaves him completly flabbergasted and pondering about the meaning of life and mobile connectivity/whatever